Kingston Town — Alborosie
Chords and lyrics for Kingston Town by Alborosie (key of E).
Verse 1
You can expand the chord progression Em / Em / Am / Em / by that
transitional bass note (as a full chord):
Em / Em / Am Bm / Em /
Chorus
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
Verse 1
Some [Em]man have no money, still ah try fi [Em]beg a ting
If you no [Am]drop no green, ah straight up [Em]dissing ting
[Em]Sun ah bun traffic, it's a [Em]slow riddim
[Am]JCF ah move ruff, dem buss di [Em]M-16,
Some [Em]man ah drive up and down, dem have di [Em]latest ting
Machine [Am]fit inna dem jeans ah show off [Em]girls and bling
[Em]Smell of marijuana round di [Em]corner dem juggling
One mad man [Am]get him food straight out ah [Em]di garbage bin, ey!
Chorus
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
Verse 2
Dis ah di [Em]gun land, blood run [Em]cold pon di white sand
[Am]Concrete ah bun but some [Em]part up your team bad
Babylon [Em]bwoy dem kill a youth, an one old [Em]woman a chant psalm
While a [Am]next set ah man start di [Em]rat-ta-ta-tam-tam
[Em] Dem dig more grave than [Em]rooms up ah Hilton
[Am]Small community get wash [Em]out by a blood storm
Every [Em]weekend same routine whole new [Em]function
Push and dem count more [Am]dead than 9/11 [Em]destruction, ey!
Chorus
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
Verse 3
Di [Em]gyal dem pants tight [Em]like rubber suit
And ah dem [Am]blouse one tiny sup'm hide up [Em]perfect boobs
Dem [Em]always ah smile if you ago [Em]pay di I
Dem ago [Am]play you one trick if you ah [Em]mama's bwoy
It's a [Em]tuff man town, there's no [Em]crown and no throne
It ago,[Am] lick you down, with a,[Em] dancehall sound
If you a [Em]stranger and you ah drive, mek sure you [Em]know the route
N.C. N.C.
You don't wanna get salute by a gun dispute
Chorus
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
[Em]Sipple it down-down, [Em]Sipple it down-down
It's a [Am]rudeboy town, it's [Em]Kingston town
Outro
[Em] [Em] [Am] [Em]
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